#Fruit and vegetables

[sweetdayspng]

Fresh Tomatoes

[a-birdie-on-a-rose]

and the meals we had together

[iwrotesomeofitdown]

I knew there was a study done in the US about using baking soda solution to wash fruit and remove the pesticides on the surface.

FYI the necessary dilution is 10 mg/ml or 10 g baking soda per liter of water. The fruit (in the example used, apples) needs to be submerged in the solution for 12-15 minutes. Rinse after, but do the soaking and rinsing close to eating so your fruit doesn’t spoil faster.

You can also use a vinegar solution, but you need 1/4 vinegar to 3/4 water, which is a lot or vinegar and creates a lot of fumes.

Anyway: what I found on the way to this information is that several „natural living“ and recipe blogs say „oh, you can pre-mix this handy spray, combining baking soda, vinegar and water and use that - but it foams a lot, wait for the foam to die down before using it“.

And once again, my chemistry-ignorant bloggers: combining baking soda and vinegar gives you oxygen and water. You’re transforming baking soda and vinegar into plain water. Which doesn’t do anything to surface pesticides. And just pisses me off, especially on recipes using a crapload of orange peels for marmalade.

So: EITHER use baking soda and water OR use vinegar and water.

And be aware that some pesticides go into the peel, too, and won’t be removed by this method.

[bluedesignwall]

My back was a bit sore today after yesterdays strength workout. I was a bit worried about how my run would go today. Turned out to be fine thank goodness. My post run walk around the garden certainly did cool me down very quickly. There is not much in flower this time of year but the brassicas look great.

[eviecahir]

Painting of Olive at Sunshine Fruit & Vegetable Market.

A study for MARKET/PLACE Residency at Sunshine Art Centre.

[the-rat-eatery]

Hot take: I don’t think that fresh strawberries should be more expensive than strawberry flavored Kool Aid.

Just a thought

[taxusbaccata6]

'Letuce sit down' - no wait, I have another bad pun, 'Romaine seated' - okay, I'm through, I'll leaf now!

[nando161mando]

[tango-stitch]

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[3liza]

incredible to me that in the age of spending minimum $100 for groceries for one person every three weeks where i live, people are still online like "dairy is bad for you because it has a lot of calories". at this point im calculating calories per dollar at the grocery store and youre still stuck in "fat bad" mindset from 1980. you are an absurd person to me. laughable

[kandybarre]

[mishalogic]

FOOD

The medicine of life! ... anonymous

More vegetables 🍅

[lifechangingtips]

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[cannibalhellhound]

My brother went on a full on monologue until he noticed what the fuck I was doing and proceeded to blink for two minutes and sigh